I removed both drop links and the antiroll bar entirely! If it's not there, it can't knock! Haha
Very slight tap / knock over speed bumps at lower speeds - thoughts?
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How has that affected the cornering, I'd half expect it to roll a lot when cornering?
I'm not sure it's a good idea to remove them, VW fitted them for a reason and I'd suggest that it could affect your insurance (not in a good way) if you were unfortunate enough to be involved in a serious collision.
Alright SO
Nipped over ECP yesterday and bought a couple of lemforder DL’s
Just been out today over a load of speed bumps and I THINK it’s sorted
I just need to check a knock i hear sometimes over bumps that it isn’t a sound travelling through from the back / where my racking is.
Fingers crossed / shout to the forum as per
Nipped over ECP yesterday and bought a couple of lemforder DL’s
Just been out today over a load of speed bumps and I THINK it’s sorted
I just need to check a knock i hear sometimes over bumps that it isn’t a sound travelling through from the back / where my racking is.
Fingers crossed / shout to the forum as per
As above from Dave D having carried out vehicle examinations following serious/fatal collisions missing suspension parts would almost certainly be a problem.
Interestingly got a funky sound from front brake today - no pedal feel but a weird BRRR for a second or two when applying brake.
Wonder if a slightly loose calliper or loose pads. And now I think of it a few months back had terrible foot feel when braking 2/3 times in a row. I figured it was debris but maybe something is up. Another thing to check Wahey!
Wonder if a slightly loose calliper or loose pads. And now I think of it a few months back had terrible foot feel when braking 2/3 times in a row. I figured it was debris but maybe something is up. Another thing to check Wahey!
340mm brakes by any chance? It may well be the sprung plate either seated wrong or not holding properly. They can be really noisy if something isn't quite right and it can sound like it's top mounts or something suspension related. Also worth checking the slide pins fit snugly in the rubbers on the caliper too - an issue I had with mine was the supplied rubbers were too big allowing the caliper to move about quite a lot making a knocking noise.
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Sounds like ABS working. Was the road surface frosty or contaminated with oil / diesel?
Yeh is a t32 so 340mm
Will take it in to be looked at later next week after my jobs.
No performance issues but yeh now and then weird noise - and if anything loose could explain a clunk for sure. Also noise on speed bumps seems to be more prevalent when braking. Hmmm.
Keep ya looped
Nah nothing like that. Just normal driving conditions
Lot of wet leaves about , worse than ice!
garwoodfire
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Kombisnaps, did you solve your knock?
Evenin.
Not really no. Isn’t as loud / often since I’ve had the drop links done, but can still hear it on steep and short speed bumps.
I need to get my calliper/brakes checked for anything loose - and someone said maybe a tie rod end is a tad loose after last alignment (had it done after new suspension fitted).
So yeh at the mo I’m just ignoring it until I can be bothered to go in to a garage again.
garwoodfire
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Well the strange thing is, I have intermittent knocking over very slight undulations from the front drivers side. It only happens for the first 5 mins of driving then goes away I have also only just had my suspension and drop links replaced by CRS
Hmmmm weird
Have you let CRS know / been back to them yet? I’m ages away hence not being back super quickly.
I have -40 H&R with Koni’s if it helps.
garwoodfire
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Yeah I’ve let him know. Unfortunately it’s an 8 hour round trip I’m also lowered 40 on Koni and some make of spring
Hmmm that's interesting then isn't it. I wonder if there's something fouling that's on drivers side or something.
Drive seems fine / no weird feelings so is hard to know what's up really.
garwoodfire
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Steve from CRS said it may be movement in the join from the drop link to the mounting hole in the ARB as the hole in the ARB is bigger and has a little play.
Weird thing with mine is, it knocks about, for the first 2 mins of driving then stops for the rest of the drive
Weird thing with mine is, it knocks about, for the first 2 mins of driving then stops for the rest of the drive
Mine can be quite random - so I wonder if mine could be something loose somewhere like cabling etc as well. Long
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Had the wipers / scuttle off today to have a snoop at top mount bolt etc on drivers side. All seems fine and tight - tbf dunno what I'm looking for with a failed top mount!
I did find a loose clip rolling around in the space by top mount - I assume its from a wiring harness. Part of me hopes that that's been contacting something to make the noise but I very very much doubt it.
Sigh. Had a bezz around some speedbumps and still very intermittent. Party of me is wondering if I should have the undertray off to look for something that could be loose and hitting bits / swinging around.
Had the wipers / scuttle off today to have a snoop at top mount bolt etc on drivers side. All seems fine and tight - tbf dunno what I'm looking for with a failed top mount!
I did find a loose clip rolling around in the space by top mount - I assume its from a wiring harness. Part of me hopes that that's been contacting something to make the noise but I very very much doubt it.
Sigh. Had a bezz around some speedbumps and still very intermittent. Party of me is wondering if I should have the undertray off to look for something that could be loose and hitting bits / swinging around.
Clunks and knocks can be a right pita.
Mine was not transporter related, but when I had a caddy.
I would get a knock over very cracked and broken up road surfaces, yet over speed bumps nothing.
If I caught it out, it would knock over more savage bumps.
For over a week, I removed all tge suspension I had fitted, (lowered 45mm) and checked over everything thing.
Used ewrin for torque settings on bolts, and even renewed hardware that was required.
Yet after all this, I finally found were the knock was coming from.
Only whilst it was on a Jack's I for whatever reason shock the front calipers.
This was were the knock was coming from. I had fitted an aftermarket caliper carrier to the factory fit caliper. The tolerances must have been ever so slightly out to cause an enhanced knocking if you caught it out.
Sometimes, it is not always the usual suspects.
Good luck with your quest for the knock buddy
Mine was not transporter related, but when I had a caddy.
I would get a knock over very cracked and broken up road surfaces, yet over speed bumps nothing.
If I caught it out, it would knock over more savage bumps.
For over a week, I removed all tge suspension I had fitted, (lowered 45mm) and checked over everything thing.
Used ewrin for torque settings on bolts, and even renewed hardware that was required.
Yet after all this, I finally found were the knock was coming from.
Only whilst it was on a Jack's I for whatever reason shock the front calipers.
This was were the knock was coming from. I had fitted an aftermarket caliper carrier to the factory fit caliper. The tolerances must have been ever so slightly out to cause an enhanced knocking if you caught it out.
Sometimes, it is not always the usual suspects.
Good luck with your quest for the knock buddy
Yeh I'm going to have everything checked over suspension + brakes wise at the front when I get some new alloys and get everything tracked. Bushings / calipers etc - hopefully will find it. Wish I had a more exciting quest really.
